Countertops
*EDIT* hopefully you can now see the pictures :)
So what do you do when you have royal blue counter tops ( and you don't like them!), you can't afford granite and you really only have about $40 to spend ( and yes only around $40).....
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you do what my MIL did and wallpaper your counter tops!
what.... did you say wallpaper????
Yes I did
VIOLA!!!!!!
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She first found a wallpaper that was a textured look. Then she primed her counter tops and then went to town using the "rip and tear" wallpaper method as she did on her walls.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNqKeHms-j5XeFbbZgoxC2IOU5_pory3VCQDKeg71O4gs0UrlIrZ592gZ2yakUrFyLk6BD9ZbiY86M6-v-JjsWKzxWUFVRLW-1zD2Tos9Ibo-bRGOt8wNneHg6nJhLBHa3UoU8xwcdPc/s320/IMG_1596.jpg)
After that dried she used a sealant to make the counters glossy and shiny!
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She also did her bathrooms ...
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AMAZING!!!!!!!
So what do you do when you have royal blue counter tops ( and you don't like them!), you can't afford granite and you really only have about $40 to spend ( and yes only around $40).....
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxTYyCkz8t1EOQRAayo8EEQSjTYMyWquRR2AdFHNNzt_IA71Zs1g0VO3Fbh9sAL0D7ozMNYTA0uhWvelBzW101o0ZKd6laBwYGbBd0uB_HcT0iRPf2-m5I55qbOpxn8l0NG0DVQMg9DE/s320/IMG_1595.jpg)
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you do what my MIL did and wallpaper your counter tops!
what.... did you say wallpaper????
Yes I did
VIOLA!!!!!!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit83lxQh4xUbWNcL47z53fFh07mYZi1d74ZmG7xxYTDvPxHoI_s_ziWj74I4D9QdhBzXkBMH4XqbgmkDgJe7PityIev41-WL3Snq6HAAC4RY-oj1idcgnuyFq1TRLr_vCXcRPn5iCHBrw/s320/IMG_1610.jpg)
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She first found a wallpaper that was a textured look. Then she primed her counter tops and then went to town using the "rip and tear" wallpaper method as she did on her walls.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNqKeHms-j5XeFbbZgoxC2IOU5_pory3VCQDKeg71O4gs0UrlIrZ592gZ2yakUrFyLk6BD9ZbiY86M6-v-JjsWKzxWUFVRLW-1zD2Tos9Ibo-bRGOt8wNneHg6nJhLBHa3UoU8xwcdPc/s320/IMG_1596.jpg)
After that dried she used a sealant to make the counters glossy and shiny!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_as59eUzQ724gxLbi8y0aHJA0DQoyCHKpSWFe3mpVvWSJ5wwRdp4EZxiCo5aEsU4dVbvlPpu-LFLroSXVRCHJoGb2xasme8o_1CmAlAvczvfhfEK1QahsSovgUJmLN-m2sOCrYTMsXdM/s320/IMG_1597.jpg)
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She also did her bathrooms ...
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AMAZING!!!!!!!